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Get Ready for the Storm
That’s it. Take the bull by the horns. There is no better time than the present. Having just celebrated my 12th anniversary of my wife and I meeting, I am more aware than ever of the passage of time. I...
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Opportunity and Where to Find it
We look for what is familiar to us. Is it even possible to look for what is not? We see the success of others and are instantly tempted to compare it to our own, or lack thereof. I’ve pretty much...
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Talked to the Boss
Talking to the boss hasn’t always come easy for me. I had one boss who was very careless with people’s feelings. When I was around her I felt a lot of tension. She was one who got results but at the...
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Somewhere Only We Go
Vacations are overrated. Sometimes we think if we don’t get away, we’ll burst! The truth is, while vacations have their place, mental vacations can happen new every day for very minimal cost. We are...
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What I Learned from the Old Couple Fighting in Front of Me
I was driving down a main highway when I stopped at a red light with an old couple apparently fighting in front of me. I saw the man waving his hands while the woman was shaking her fist at him. I was...
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Prepare to Meet the Villain
Did you ever see a superhero movie where the hero finds the villain’s lair only to hear upon entry: Welcome. We’ve been expecting you. Then there is a ghoulish laugh like “bwah ha ha ha ha” or...
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What the Wind Can’t Blow Away
Influence As I watch the wind up here in the desert, or its effects rather, I can see that it blows most unfastened things away. It’s time to tie things down for the Winter and its harsh winds. The...
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It all Boils Down to a Cosmic Soup Kitchen
Thanksgiving is the time to be thankful and everyone in my family a sort time ago was abuzz with plans of turkey, stuffing, bread, and sweet potatoes (well, that’s the stuff I like anyway). Turkey day...
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In Times of Racial Tension, Be a Bridge of Kindness
This is a brief reaction to some news articles I’ve read recently on racial violence. Years after Martin Luther King’s beacon “I Have a Dream” speech, tensions are alive and well. I think the best way...
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This Place We Call Now
About 10 years ago my mom started telling me about the philosophy book “Power of Now” and how it teaches one should live in it and meditate on it only, not the future or the past. At the time it...
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All You Get
Just got back from the a.m. portion of my dentist appointment. As usual, I was uncomfortable. Having said that, I was lighthearted for a change which felt better. I usually see the dentist once a year...
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How to Process a Punch in the Stomach
I just got some news tonight that felt like a punch in the stomach. It’s fine, I’m fine so don’t worry friends and loved ones. It concerns the current state of affairs with my school district. What do...
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Make it Happen Let it Happen
The age old debate of free will vs destiny still rages on today. I believe both have their place. You can’t sit around waiting for someone or something to show you the way. You’ll be sitting too long...
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Columbia, SC: Kershaw Co. man cuts off own arm I read this story and was so inspired. Not because I’d like to cut my arm off, but it shows the capacity we have as humans to do what we have to do,...
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Dr. Seuss: Quirky is Good
I’ve written about many of my heroes on my blog but none of them are quite as special to me as Dr. Seuss. Maybe it’s because he is a proponent of reading or maybe it’s because he is a bit...
View ArticlePlan to Go Big
Vegas is a great place for thinkers and visionaries to go. It goes “at the speed of life” to every extent of the phrase. I was in Vegas the last 4 days and the same subject to write on was underlined...
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Try
You can’t win if you don’t try. I once had a coach who told me he’d rather have a no-talent kid who tried than a gifted one who didn’t. As a teacher of 15 years I can say I feel the same way. Like the...
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So What do You Want on Your Tombstone?
No this isn’t a pizza commercial. It’s a blogger way to refocus ones goals. The idea is that by imagining the end we can do better NOW. I write movie reviews here and thus I see a lot of lives on the...
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How to Make Acronyms for Personal Development
This post is about self help / personal development. Or, specifically, how to make acronyms and use them for self-improvement. The process of making them can be challenging, but using them is easy and...
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Phineas Gage from Psych 101
My friend Shelly wrote in a recent comment: We don’t prepare for old age, because when we are young we think we are immortal. This is so true. We see this in young men under 25 and the psychologists...
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